bodily process vs ingestion

ingestion vs bodily process

bodily process and ingestion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bodily process	Yes	No	No	No
ingestion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ingestion is a hyponym of bodily process; that is, ingestion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bodily process:

bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body
ingestion: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Other hyponyms of bodily process include control, breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation, respiration, breath, consumption, intake, uptake, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, insemination, sleeping, reaction, response, crying, tears, weeping, ablactation, anastalsis, discharge, emission, expelling, expectoration, festering, maturation, suppuration, healing, hypostasis, lachrymation, lacrimation, tearing, watering, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily process (noun)	ingestion (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Difference between bodily process and ingestion

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